Editor wrote:Very envious of your stretcher/shrinker - really does a good job, with a little help from yourself!

Thank you Mr editor.... ,
I recon they are a top investment ,especially on these type 3's due to cost/rarity of repair panels , I paid £125 from frost. At the time, floor pan corners were about 50 notes a corner. My car wanted all four. I have to say its been one of the most satisfying tool purchase I've ever made, and I've now used it on many more repair sections, some of which I would have taken hours to make normally and would have looked rough once done. Wish I'd invented them

I'd decided for some reason to leave as much original steel in place, would have been easier to cut the lot out, but wanted a guide for the shape
Repair to air box

Finally on and gundged up with sealer, wing fits nice to the repair so all good, soon to be hidden for another 30 years
And a bit under arch, all looked good under here till I poked it with the grinder
Happy to have this side finished

Just in case folk out there don't realise, the pressed flutes on the inner wing are symmetrical, and I've repaired the usual inner wing rot on one side with a scrap section from the opposite side of a scrapper. The upper edge is more curved, but that can be re-shaped or trimmed as necessary. The spring mount needs removing if the section is from a '71-on car, rather than earlier, but it's nice to make use of a section which is invariably solid in a scrapper to repair the inner wing invisibly.

I did look at that and mine was repaired badly for the whole length, for some reason I decided to go with a flat piece , with a view of possibly replacing it if I ever find a suitable cut, I think I was just wanting it done, suppose it will haunt me forever
Next up was the brakes and as the car came with a set of Fuch copies I bought Porsche pattern disks

Also fitting new bug type calipers as the original ones need plenty of love and one has cracked,
I also looked at Talbot horizon calipers but they are more rare than type 3 ones. I may look at aftermarket ones once I've tried the bug ones. Does anyone have experience of running a type 3 on bug brakes?
Whilst trying to bleed the brakes I found I also needed a rear wheel cylinder
Turns out the same part as front 1302 ? Never knew they came with drums on the front , suppose it makes them easier to get hold of, which can't be a bad thing.
Had mixed results using one of these easy bleed kits
Until I found that all four flexi hoses had collapsed and didn't pass fluid! Being stood unused for thirty years didn't agree with them.

My next project on the list was to fit up some kind of heater, looking at options it was clear that an eberspacher from a bug would do the trick... so I bought one for a bus! Great apparently they will cook the occupants in a few minutes, but it was cheap and mostly complete and they did use them in trekkers. How hard could it be?....
Quite hard as it turns out.
Trekker parts are yes super rare/expensive so some fab work was required here's a few pics
Decided to go across the car trekker style as it made most stuff line up and as I'm no expert on these things copying something that is known to work seemed a good idea
So after weeks of rooting through people's scrap piles I found a 150mm diameter 90deg bend that would take the hot air in to the cabin
Then take a deep breath a chop a massive hole in the bulkhead!!! Hope this works
Definitely a case of measure twice!

Probably essential oop North!
The Type 3 Eberspacher was usually fitted along the side of the front luggage compartment rather than at the back, but maybe that was normally on 71-on where there's a bulge for the airbox. i've not seen enough to register a trend.